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Lisa AllenAssociate Editor & Editor, Mansion Australia

Lisa Allen is an Associate Editor of The Australian, and is Editor of The Weekend Australian’s property magazine, Mansion Australia. Lisa has been a senior reporter in business and property with the paper since 2012. She was previously Queensland Bureau Chief for The Australian Financial Review and has written for the BRW Rich List.

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Newbury Farm, 7300 Illawarra Rd, Sutton Forest, NSW

200-year-old highlands estate to hit market for $55m

It’s been a single land holding in the NSW southern highlands for over 200 years and neighbours include actor Nicole Kidman. Now a former tech entrepreneur plans to make a tidy profit.

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NRL 2025 RD07 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs v South Sydney Rabbitohs - Stephen Crichton, run on

NRL scores new hotels deal

Footballers will be bunking down in top hotels during the footy season, given hotelier Accor has just re-signed its three-year agreement with the National Rugby League.

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Gaming and tourism entrepreneurs Chris Morris and Sam Arnaout are locked in a battle to acquire one of Cairns’s largest tourism assets, the Reef Hotel Casino.

Billionaires in battle for Queensland casino

Two tourism entrepreneurs are competing to buy Cairns’ largest tourism assets in a deal valued at more than $200m.

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$240m apartment block gets green light in Sydney’s upmarket east

There are big plans in the pipeline for apartments, penthouses and mixed-use developments across Sydney’s wealthy eastern suburbs.

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EMBARGO FOR MANSION MAGAZINE, 28 FEBRUARY 2025. OTP Artists render of Mirvac Harbourside Residence at Darling Harbour, NSW. Image: Supplied

Mirvac sells three Harbourside apartments for $65m

Cashed-up buyers have splurged on three sub-penthouses in Mirvac’s Harbourside Residences tower in Sydney in some of the biggest residential deals of the year.

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA- NewsWire Photos DECEMBER 27, 2021: English cricket team delayed in team hotel, The Park Hyatt, after a positive covid case reported with family and staff as Melbourne records 1999 new COVID-19 cases overnight. Picture: NCA NewsWire/ David Crosling

Taiwanese giant looks to bulk up Australian hotel portfolio

Melbourne’s Park Hyatt Hotel is close to being sold for $200m in the largest commercial deal in the city in 12 months.

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17 Taloombi Street, Cronulla , Auction Guide: Above $20 million 07/04/2025 Picture - Supplied

Beachfront mansion sells for record price ahead of auction

An out-of-town buyer has snapped up the Cronulla waterfront home for $22.5 million, the largest residential price ever achieved in Sutherland Shire.

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KIRRIBILLI HARBOUR for The Australian Property Section., Picture - Supplied

Harbouring a desire for views to die for?

Sydney’s Kirribilli is known for its harbour and city views and new apartment developments in the suburb are taking full advantage.

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Double Island off Palm Cove. Picture Emily Barker.

Double Island revival on the cards as billionaire circles

The crestfallen tropical island resort that sits off Palm Cove could be overhauled as the Queensland government calls for a new operator.

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Two riverfront sales smash $20m barrier

Two buyers have raised the sales bar in the exclusive Brisbane riverfront suburb of Hawthorne even though the number of sales along the riparian region fell significantly.

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